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Diffstat (limited to 'src/uniq.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/uniq.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/uniq.c b/src/uniq.c index 9f50d7f4e..3639d9315 100644 --- a/src/uniq.c +++ b/src/uniq.c @@ -238,10 +238,12 @@ check_file (const char *infile, const char *outfile) initbuffer (thisline); initbuffer (prevline); - /* This duplication is to distinguish the common case (in which none of the - following options has been specified: --count, -repeated, --all-repeated, - --unique) from the others. In the common case, we can output each new - line right away, without waiting to see if the next one is different). */ + /* The duplication in the following `if' and `else' blocks is an + optimization to distinguish the common case (in which none of + the following options has been specified: --count, -repeated, + --all-repeated, --unique) from the others. In the common case, + this optimization lets uniq output each different line right away, + without waiting to see if the next one is different. */ if (mode == output_all && countmode == count_none) { |